I have a Mega 1280 compatible Freeduino Epic. Since I cannot upload any sketches to it I need to reinstall the bootloader. I haven't found much info how to do that. Most Mega related articles describe how to use the Mega as a programmer, not as a target. I want to use a Duemilanove as a programmer. Any ideas would be appreciated!

System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf" User configuration file is "/Users/alkopop79/.avrduderc" User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

Using Port : usb Using Programmer : stk500v2avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb"

Needless to say, the Duemilanove has the 'Arduino ISP' sketch uploaded and then the board set to Mega 1280 in the IDE's menu. Any ideas?

System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf" User configuration file is "/Users/alkopop79/.avrduderc" User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

I don't understand the above step, I though that nicks sketch running on the programmer figures out what kind of board it's wired to via reading signature bytes from the target board? , what does the IDE have to do with the burning process at this time that would require the target board type to be selected in the IDE? Lefty

- open the serial monitor, type 'g' and hit Enter

Taraaaaa! That's it! Special thanks to Nick Gammon for the excellent post and the sketch!